Writer-director Nestor Torre passes away

Veteran writer-director and journalist Nestor Torre has passed away. He was 78.

A report by ABS-CBN quoted Torre’s nephew Jan Alexander Torre that his uncle died at the Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila at 8:29 a.m. on Tuesday, April 6. due to complications from COVID-19 and heart disease.

Torre’s remains will be immediately cremated at Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City, according to Boots Anson Rodrigo, a close friend of Torre and his family.

Tributes poured in for one of the icons of the Philippine entertainment industry.